Ronald Branstetter sat in his basement, his wife and two kids upstairs, scratching his head at how a meme coin named Fartcoin ( FARTCOIN ) could skyrocket to a$ 500 million market cap—now$ 1.4 billion, as of this writing.
He wasn’t used to this kind of uncertainty, and he wasn’t much of a standard buyer, who was creating YouTube information about the ebbs and flows of the gold and silver industry.
For some time, Branstetter had been referring to crypto ( as well as conventional money ) as” Unicorn Fart Dust”, as he felt it didn’t own any intrinsic value, mostly because you don’t contact or feel it—unlike the precious metal he favored.
Therefore, he made the decision to use the Solana token launchpad pump to make his own meme coin. fun. Little did he realize that this innocent token launch would completely alter his opinion of cryptocurrency.
On December 17, Branstetter, who runs the Rons Basement YouTube channel, started a livestream to inform the world’s gold and silver community about the bizarre crypto bubble he observed. He explained in this video how Unicorn Fart Dust ( UFD ) was created and quipped about how the seemingly unimportant token could have a$ 7, 000 market cap.
However, that price is insignificant in comparison to what it is today.  ,
When Branstetter started receiving tons of emails claiming the market cap of UFD was in the millions, he was at work a few hours after launching the token.
” So, I checked it and I was like,’ Oh my gosh, it’s real.’ I called my wife, Susie—she was decorating our Christmas tree—and said: You’re not going to believe this”, Branstetter told in an episode of” What’s the Meta”?
” She didn’t believe me”, he continued. ” I didn’t believe it. The first night was a shock in disguise.
At this point, Branstetter sold half of the tokens that he bought with$ 100 at launch—profiting approximately$ 57, 000. He now admits that he regrets this decision, as UFD then went parabolic. A month after the launch of his Solana meme coin, the token’s market cap surpassed$ 420 million, UFD was sitting under$ 20 million at the time of his sale.
” I know right where I was standing on my dim porch, right outside, when I looked at my phone and I saw$ 1.2 million”, Branstetter told . ” Unicorn Fart Dust is by far my biggest single investment. I’m looking at$ 1.2 million, and I’m like, wow”!
But still, Branstetter didn’t fully cash out once he saw life-changing money in his wallet. He claimed to that there was” something in]his ] heart” keeping him from doing so.  ,
In fact, he said he would never sell, and that he would let the community of investors know if he did. Branstetter anticipates that he can make money off of the experience as it develops over time without having to sell. He admits that it’s early in the game, however,  , and is just trying to learn every day.
Through this journey, Unicorn Fart Dust has evolved from a pointless joke to a welcoming community that has backed Branstetter. Together, the group posts silly gags about unicorns and have adopted the mantra,” Good attracts good”.
On Monday, Branstetter announced that he will be purchasing more UFD, scooping up$ 1, 600 worth of the token. He acknowledged that his perspective on crypto as a whole has changed as a result.
” What really makes gold valuable is that a lot of people agree that it’s valuable”, Branstetter told . ” When I look at Unicorn Fart Dust, what I consider to be the world’s best meme coin, it’s about the people. The people create the value, and that ultimately leads to the price.
” My perspective on]crypto] completely changed when I realized that the real value proposition is in the community, is in the people”, he added.
On top of this, the economic fundamentals of meme coins piqued his interest. By design, coins created via Pump. The UFD community refers to beans as a locked supply of tokens in Fun. This, he believes, is a fundamental reason why the token’s price can increase.
” I have a degree in accounting, I know numbers. When I learned that there were 999 million coins, period, finite, they can never make any more”, Branstetter explained,” I was like: You know, if we keep building the number of people that are buying these beans and holding on to them, that also creates value”!
” It all boils back down to the community”, he finished.
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